The claim that Canada has longer wait times for health care versus the United States is bogus. They compare the wait times of people for procedures. So in Canada if Fred, Joe and Bob waited 6 months for an elective procedure in Canada but Phil, Alice and Jerry waited 2 months in America then Canada has longer wait times. They are neglecting to include people who don't even go for the procedure because they cannot afford it in America. Those people wait forever for the procedure. They are left out of the America health care system efficiency calculation so the comparison is not even valid.
That kind of comparison is like saying that Mike Tyson has a perfect win record as long as you ignore all his losses. Yeah no shit. The American health care system is faster as long as you ignore the people who can't use it at all. No shit. The comparison should be made accounting for people who cannot use the system at all. That would be a more accurate comparison.
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